We’ve looked at fashion magazines, extent wedding dresses, and discussed one of the fabrics used in them.  Now it’s time to look at real Titanic-era brides. These wedding photos tell us so much that the fashion plates and extent dresses can’t quite convey: what the brides wore with their dress, the flowers they carried, how they actually looked in the dress, and what styles were popular (as opposed to what styles survived, and what styles the fashion magazines promoted) Satin skirt, lace blouse, high neck.  Roses and ferns for the bride, chrysanthemums for the bridesmaid.  And I’m pretty sure the groomsman in the back is giving the photographers pretty assistant the eye 😉 Lashings of roses all round, a very poofy veil, and adorable bobbles on the brides tunic, yoke, and sleeves. A very fashionable bride in satin with some sort of embellishment near the hem.  Her flowers look like fake studio flowers. A groom in gloves, and a bride with beautifully pintucked skirt and a chrysanthemum bouquet tied with a huge bow. A very …